Pokemon Gen 1 Was Perfect 

My earliest memory of Pokémon is an episode that doesn't exist. I remember Ash, Misty and Brock hanging onto each other's legs as Ash holds onto a cliffside in outer space. The three then manage to pull each other up only to be met by Jessie and James smuggly waiting for them with a big city in the distance in the outskirts of a forest.

Damn I really love pokenostalgia stories. I often think about how awesome it would be to be a kid living in Japan in the 90's Just imagine getting to immerse over all the known media as it slowly releases, getting to enjoy it throughout your life.

If you're nostalgic for Gen 1 I highly recommend the Japanese live action show Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde aka "Pack Your Pocket With Adventure". A super wholesome 10 ep series full of references to the old games as it follows a young woman who plays her GameBoy alongside her daily work life. You can watch the full show eng subbed here on RU-vid.

My memories come side to side with Dragon Ball. Back then where i'm from there was a show that ran by 3 p.m every weekday that showed both shows on 30 min intervals if i remember correctly and the moment i saw the Pokèmon intro for the first time in my life, my mind just zoned out of this Earth. I couldn't believe what i was watching but it was so damn cool for my younger self that i always made sure that i was on time at home just to watch Pokèmon at least, that for me is a memory that will always stay with me for as long as i live.

4:12 DAMN DOES THAT TAKE ME BACK!!!! I HAD ONE OF THOSE POKEDEX!

I think I had a vague awareness of Pokemon as long as I've been alive. I think my earliest memory was an episode of Advance, where the characters try to get out of a cave, and also akmost get bitten by Trapinchs at one point. The majority of my memories, though, come from the latter half of Diamond and Pearl and Best Wishes 7:55 oh believe me when I tell you that this is a widespread disease if you play on emulators, once you taste it it's hard to go back

No lol

The truth that people don't want to admit is that gen 1 is still one of the stronger games in the franchise, and that it truly is a really great game. Yes, its got issues but even with the story being mostly shoved aside, its still a very strong one, and the exploration as a whole is amazing. Plus Blue is one of the best rivals of the series and I'm sick of the friendly ones personally; they don't motivate me. N, Blue, and Silver, and to a lesser extent Brendan actually do. I'd give it an 8/10 overall and put it sixth place overall behind Gen 5, 4, 3, 6, and 2.

The first pokémon anime really opened a lot of kids' imaginations

Great video but PLEASE, PUT THE DRAGON DOWN! 9:40

The first episode I saw was the diglett/dugtrio episode where ekans and koffing evolve, hooked me immediately I think my first holo was Zapdos on my birthday at the bowling alley They banned the cards at my school too lol but that didn't stop us

2:53 yeah, honestly, Ash took dying really well.

Pokémon 1st generation (pre remake) was the greatest and it has to be the hardest. I honestly didn't know how broken were the first games until I watch false swipe gaming got me back into Pokémon again. OG rival champing battle will always be the hardest champion Cynthia doesn't compete. It was just a level grinding that got me that took me awhile to beat it. Back then we had no RU-vid no Internet and some of us didn't have the strategy guides.

It was a wild time, here in the UK we got the anime first so by the time the video games were being released every single kid wanted pokemon. My first was pokemon red, and because my only reference for pokemon were the anime I was confused about the look of some of the pokemon because some really look jarring compared to the anime. It was rough, I remember the beginning with the fight against Blue, I had no idea how RPGs work and I thought your pokemons health was in the top left and not the bottom right and I didnt know that tail whip is a non-damaging move because again my reference was the anime. Those play ground rumors were wild, we would sit outside after school trying for hours to move the truck with strength. I will admit my love for pokemon did fade a bit after Gen 1, I did play Gen 2 but only in Spanish because someone had a sus cart to give me that came with both gold and silver lol I didnt play gen 2 in my native language until someone sold me Crystal for £10. I think these 2 gens are the best for the feeling of a sense of adventure, but gen 3 was the moment that pokemon was maturing and realising its potential. I still play pokemon, I basically own at least 1 game from every gen, recently I decided to boot up Pokemon Yellow and you know what? it still has that magic that made it special.

it was not perfect by far. It's nostalgic but come on..... I think everyone thought the caves were a pain to get through,especially in the dark.

What a heartwarming video! As a lifelong Pokémon fan, I can relate a lot to it. Thanks.

I have many similarities as you. My first game was yellow and it was used. I never learned how to play the card game. That tower show was one of the first episodes I saw and haunter is my favorite Pokémon to this day. I grinded with dodrio 3x speed on my red version. Was hyped af for the first and second movie… remember getting the Burger King toys too. All great memories!

Oh man, this brought back a lot of memories. I got introduced to Pokémon by my cousin. He gave me a Gastly card. I was hooked after that, even decades later. I do competitive batting online and collect some toys and cards.

I'm so old I remember watching the second episode when it premiered on Fox kids back in 1998. I would get pokémon Red for Christmas that year and my entire life would change. I've been a fan ever since. My first exposure to pokémon was on these little cards you could cut out from the back of a lunchable. I remember my older cousins were talking about it and I wanted to be cool like them.

In the context of "modern" Pokemon games, gen 1 is is shit without any quality of life improvements, HOWEVER, the world building of gen 1 is solid :D

Pokemon had pretty much always been there for me bc of my older brother. I can’t pinpoint an exact first memory, but I feel like I didn’t fall in love with it until gen 2. I would watch my bro and cousins play pokemon stadium 2 and I really enjoyed seeing the pokemon animated and in 3D, it was a treat for the eyes hahha. I just thought the gen 2 pokemon were way cuter.

that bs thing calling people genwunners i am one and proud to be and fuck all other gens after gen 2, you got yourself a subscriber and a like from me and i ID with you about the VHS lol. every saturday we would go eat outside and go in toys r us and will always pick up a VHS for my dad to buy for me

I was born in 95 , christmas of 99 i got a lime green gameboy color n pokemon red only problem was i was 4 and only knew spanish and didnt even know how to read jajaja.. later wen i was maybe 8 i got both red and blue and later saphire, good times

I remember basic cable. Good times, I watched a bunch of shows on WB. Pokémon though was my favorite.

As much as Gen 1 was the start of the franchise, it’s not the perfect Gen. the mechanics are very dated and it feels awkward regressing to what was considered “acceptable” back then. Plus… it’s the most overrated generation because it always gets the spotlight, but I’m glad gens 2 and 5 got that well deserved recognition in generation 9.

I'm literally playing Yellow right now on an emulator at 3x speed. @7:52

as someone who has been with the series since literally the beginning (im old eat me) i can def say for sure that gen 1 was a product of its time but was also pokemon at its absolute core and made you feel like you were playing as ash in the series. many did the "ash ketchum run" before run categories or even google was even a thing on yellow version. it def had its problems looking back but at the time id have to agree it really was the perfect pokemon game for its time. maybe im just old but i still feel the series has lost something along way and cant seem to find it.

We didn't have the channel where they showed Pokémon here in Denmark, or ... we did ... but the reception was awful. But by god we were gonna watch it anyway, so me and my brother sat there in front of the CRT every saturday morning and faithfully watched the episode which was a mix of static, black screen, and occassionally a few seconds of colour when the reception decided to be good for a fraction of a second. Sheesh, and people today bitch if their TVs aren't 4K ultra and has a perfect internet connection with 5G mega bit. Back in MY day we ENDURED crappy reception!! :P Which reminds me, I went to this afterschool club at my school during summer break, and there was this super nice adult who would always let me and a handful of friends into one of the classrooms where they had a TV where we would watch Pokémon (with clear reception) every day the whole summer. Best summer ever as I caught up on so many Orange Islands episodes I had missed! Also, I remember me and my kid sister taking the bus to school every day where we would befriend this one lady bus driver who was driving every tuesday and thursday. She quickly caught on that we loved Pokémon, and so one day we boarded the bus she handed us a VHS with the St. Anne episode that her kid was no longer using.

You should play with the original pea soup colors of the original gameboy

I don't think anyone liked snorlax blocking their path lol

12:47 i loveeee the original art for pokemon so much ❤

I watch Pokemon when was 17

I agree, fck the haters

Nothing beats gengar

I greatly disagree. Even at the time it was a horribly flawed game. A great game despite it all. Bug wasnt a type, psychic was busted, hyper beam recharging on kill and wrap. Dont get me wrong i love Gen 1 and I absolutely have nostalgia blinders on but holy hell was Gen 1 a broken mess 😂

gen 3*

14:45 i caught a lopunny batman